Genealogy Report: Descendants of Philip Myers
Descendants of Philip Myers
28.SAMUEL PRESTON4 MYERS (SOLOMAN B.3, HENRY2, PHILIP1) was born 28 Jun 1865 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY152,153,154,155, and died 04 Oct 1914 in Friendship, Jackson County, OK156,157,158.He married (1) JESSIE LEE BEATY159 12 Dec 1893 in Ellis County, TX160,161.She was born 12 Dec 1873 in Bonham, Fannin County, TX162,163, and died 24 Apr 1910 in Altus, Jackson County, OK164,165.He married (2) ADDIE E. FINNEY166 07 Jun 1913 in Headrick, Jackson County, OK.She was born 04 Nov 1878 in of Fannin County, TX, and died 15 Mar 1957 in Downey, Los Angeles County, CA.
Notes for SAMUEL PRESTON MYERS:
TWINS
Samuel and Penelope were twins according to the 1870 census records for Mu hlenberg County.--Gayle Carver
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CROSSING THE RED
In 1900 Samuel moved his family to Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, to ta ke advantage of the land available for homesteading.They travelled by wa gon and drove livestock with them.They probably spent the night at Doan 's Crossing at the Red River.This was where the Great Western Cattle Tra il crossed the wide shallow river.Doan's store was located on the sou th side of the river and was convenient for travelers.
The Red River was normally "a mile wide and a foot deep" but could be trea cherous after a rain upstream.It also contained pools of quicksand th at were usually not discovered until it was too late.
When the Myers family crossed they did lose at least one head of catt le to the quicksand.After the otherwise successful crossing, the fami ly journeyed north and settled near Humphreys in Jackson County.Samuel h omesteaded a site located about 1 and 1/2 miles southwest of Humphreys.
FIRE
On 1/30/1907, the Myers family home burned.It was originally a dugout a nd later a frame structure was built over it above ground. Roscoe and Samu el Cleo were sleeping upstairs and the rest of the family was sleepi ng in the dugout.Samuel Cleo died in the fire and Roscoe's ears were sev erely burned.This house was one mile east and one mile south of the Fran cis Cemetery, near Humphreys in Jackson County, OK.Samuel had pneumon ia or caught pneumonia while fighting the fire.
FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY
In September 1907 Samuel purchased a quarter section of land (160 acre s) in the Friendship Community, one mile north of the town.The purcha se price was $4,500.00.He built a large house on this property and farm ed it until he died in 1914.
THE SOUTHEAST ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 19
The legal description of the land which was to be the home place of the My ers family for over 50 years:
"The South East One quarter of Section Nineteen (19) in Township Three ( 3) North, of Range Nineteen (19) West of the Indian Meridian, containi ng in all One Hundred Sixty (160) acres, more or less, according to the Go vernment survey, in Greer County, Territory of Oklahoma."---Abstract Of Ti tle Number 46026
DEATH OF JESSIE LEE BEATY MYERS
In 1910, one or more of the children came down with the measles.Jessie L ee had never had the measles as a child and soon contracted the disease wh ich eventually caused her death.
SEPARATION AGREEMENT WITH SECOND WIFE
Samuel remarried Addie Finney who had previously been his sister-in-la w.She had married and divorced Jessie Lee Beaty's brother.This marria ge did not last and in June 1914, Samuel and Addie had a legal separati on in which for consideration, Addie relinquished any claim to any Myers p roperty.The legal separation declared:
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA)
County of Jackson,)ss.
This agreement, made and entered into this 6 day of June, A. D., 191 4, by and between S. P. Myers, party of the first part, and E. A. Myers, p arty of the second part, husband and wife, of the County of Jackson, and S tate of Oklahoma, WITNESSETH:
First::-That, whereas, certain differences have arisen between the said pa rties of the first part and second parts, by reason whereof they have cons ented and agreed, and do hereby consent and agree to immediately separat e, and to live separate and apart from each other in the future and duri ng their natural lives, and in consideration of such immediate and continu ed separation, the said parties do hereby make and enter into the followi ng division of property, rights and effects, claims and demands of every n ature belonging to said union, or accumulated by them by reason thereo f, oraccumulated while said marriage relation has existed or claim ed by them by reason of said
marriage relation as follows, to-wit:
Second:-That said party of the first part agrees to give, and does here by give to the said party of the second part in full satisfaction of his o bligation to support and maintain the said party of the second part, the f ollowing personal property, to-wit:One Hundred and no/100 Dollars in mon ey, and one certain gray horse, about 16 1/2 hands high, 9 years old, na me Bob, valued at $125.00, clear of all incumbrances.And said second par ty does hereby accept said property as a complete settlement of all clai ms for maintenance and support which the said party of the second part m ay or might have against the said party of the first part, said property h erein given and conveyed shall vest absolutely in the said second party, a nd she shall have full power to convey or bequeath the same.
Third:-In consideration of the above gift and device, the said second par ty does hereby agree to and with the said party of the first part to conv ey to the said first party all the right, title or claim to all or a ny of the property now owned by the party of the first part or that m ay be hereafter acquired, and does hereby waive any and all claim to the s ame or any part thereof, and does hereby agree to convey the same by go od and sufficient deed to the said party of the first part forever.
Fourth:-It shall be lawful for the said parties to live apart and separa te from each other, without the restrict or control of the other and witho ut hendrance or molestation as fully as if they were unmarried.
Fifth:-There being no children born to this marriage, but each having chil dren by former marriages, each shall, without the interference of the othe r, have control of their respective children.
Sixth:-It is further agreed that these articles of agreement shall be bind ing on the heirs, executors, administrators and asigns of the several part ies hereto, or either of them.
In witness whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their hands this t he 6th day of June, A.D., 1914, at Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma.
S. P. Myers, Party of the first part,
E. A. Myers, party of the second part.
Acknowledged June 6, 1914, before S. E. Hickman, a notary public in and f or Jackson County, Oklahoma. (Seal) Commision expires 2-7-1917.
Filed for record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Jackson Count y, Oklahoma, June 6, 1914, at 11 o’clock A.M., and recorded in Book 3 of M iscellaneous, Page 310 of said records.---end of separation agreement.
Jessie Lee had died on 24 April 1910.This second marriage would have tak en place after that date and before the 6 June 1914 date of the separati on document.The length of the second marriage is unknown.
DEATH OF SAMUEL PRESTON MYERS
However, within four months of the separation agreement, Samuel died, 4 Oc tober 1914.
Samuel was working in the field on his farm one mile north of Friendship w hen he collapsed.Some of his children found him and took him to the hous e.Dr Fox and Dr Abernathy were summoned and they performed surgery on h im in his home, but, were unable to save him.The doctors hung white shee ts all around the surgery area and the family boiled water for them.Appa rently he had collapsed from the pain caused by kidney stones and complica tions therefrom.---Mackie Myers Terry, as told to Carroll Myers
Samuel and Jessie Lee are both buried at the Francis Cemetery only two mil es from their original home in Jackson County.
Within five days of his death, Addie files a petition with the Jackson Cou nty Court to, in effect, declare her as the administratrix of the estat e, thus nullifying the provisions of the separation agreement.On 20 Octo ber 1914 the court grants the petition.
SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF S. P. MYERS
Filed Aug. 28, 1924
IN THE COUNTY COURT WITHIN AND FOR JACKSON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.
In the Matter of the Estate of S. P. Myers, Deceased.
Mrs. Addie Myers, Administratrix.
JOURNAL ENTRY
Now on this the 27th day of May, 1924, same being a regular day of the reg ular April term of said Court for said year, came on to be heard the fin al report of the said Administratrix filed in this cause on the 26th d ay of January 1924, and the exceptions thereto filed herein by Roscoe Myer s, Mackie Myers acting for themselves and by Roscoe Myers, next of Frie nd of Homer Myers and Truman Myers, minors.
And upon said day, said cause having been duly assigned for hearing, the a dministratrix, Mrs. Addie Myers, appeared in open Court in person and by A ttorney T. M. Robinson; and also appeared the above named contestants Rosc oe Myers, Mackie Myers and Homer Myers and Truman Myers by next of Frie nd Roscoe Myers and E. E. Gore, their attorney, and all parties announc ed ready for the hearing of said final report and the exceptions theret o, and the record shows that notice of the time and place of hearing of sa id report has been given by publication, as required by law.
Thereupon the evidence was introduced, and the Court heard all the eviden ce and the pleadings and argument of counsel upon said report and exceptio ns, and finds as follows, to-wit;
1st.That by an order of court duly entered on the 7th day of November 19 14, the said Court set aside in a summary proceeding, the following person al property to the widow and minor children of said decedent, S. P. Myer s, to-wit:
$40.00...1 Sorrell mare, 17 years old, of the value of
40.00...1 Bay Mare, 16 years old, of the value of
50.00...1 Brown Mare, 14 years old, of the value of
30.00...10 Small pigs, of the val ue of
112.00...8 Bales of cotton not gathered, of val
288.00...16 Bales of cotton not gathered but matu
99.00...Life Insurance policy
156.00...J. E. & J. T. Patrick Note
120.60...W. A. Davis Note
40.00...J. M. Ship Account
150.00...Two horses of the value of
100.00...Two cows of the value of
100.00...20 Hogs of the value of
100.00...Farming Implements of the value of
100.00...Household & kitchen furniture of the value of
$1515.00...All of the total value of
2nd.The Court finds that by virtue of said decree, the title to the abo ve described personal property vested one-third (1/3) thereof in Addie Mye rs and Two-Thirds (2/3) thereof in Roscoe Myers, Mackie Myers, Homer Mye rs and Truman Myers, the minor children of said decedent,S. P. Myer s, at the date of said order.
3rd.The Court further finds that after the making of said decree, the mi nors above named have for good cause refused to reside with the said Add ie Myers, said administratrix.
4th.The Court further finds that said Addie Myers has appropriated the a bove described property to her own use and benefit, and that the val ue of said property remaining after deducting therefrom all expenses of ad ministration and all debts of said decedent paid by the said Addie Myer s, is of the value of $625.00, and that the said Addie Myers is liab le to account to the said Court for the use and benefit of Homer Myers, Tr uman Myers, Mackie Myers and Roscoe Myers, the sum of $450.00, the val ue of their Two-Thirds interest in and to said property.
5th.It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that t he said Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Mackie Myers and Roscoe Myers have a nd recover of and from said Addie Myers the sum of $450.00. And the said A ddie Myers is hereby directed and required to pay into this court on or be fore the lst day of November 1924, the sum of $450.00 for the use and bene fit of the said contestants above set out, in equal shares, to-wit: $112. 50 each, and upon her failure to do so, she may be proceeded against as f or contempt, and execution may be issued hereon against the property, bo th real and personal, of the said Addie Myers.
6th.The Court further finds that the sole and only heirs of the said dec edent, S. P. Myers, entitled to take all of the estate of said S. P. Mye rs deceased, except the personal property above described, or the procee ds thereof, and the shares in and to said estate which each of them are en titled to, are as follows, to-wit:
Mrs. Addie Myers, Altus, Oklahoma, Route 6, One-Seventh
Mrs. Willie Terry, Altus, Oklahoma, Route 6, One-Seventh
Roscoe Myers, Altus, Oklahoma., Route 6, One-Seventh.
Mackie Myers, Altus, Okla., Route 6, One-Seventh.
Homer Myers, Altus, Okla., Route 6, One-Seventh.
Truman Myers, Altus, Oklahoma, Route 6, One-Seventh.
Gladys Finney, Altus, Okla., One-Twenty-first.
Matton D. Finney, Altus, Okla., One-Twenty-first.
D. C. Finney, Altus, Okla., One-Twenty-first.
The Court further finds that the said S. P. Myers died seized and possess ed of the following described real estate, situated in the County of Jacks on, State of Oklahoma, particularly described as follows, to-wit:
The Southeast Quarter of Section Nineteen, Township
Three North of Range Nineteen West of Indian Meridian,
and with real estate was at the time of the death of said decedent, the ho mestead of himself and wife, Mrs. Addie Myers, and Homer Myers, Truman Mye rs, Mackie Myers and Roscoe Myers, the minor children of the said decede nt at the said time.
7th.The Court further finds that by a decree duly entered on the 8th d ay of November 1914, the above described real property was decreed to be t he homestead of said widow and minors, and not subject to the jurisdicti on of this court and this proceeding;but the Court finds that the tit le to said homestead vested in shares to all of the heirs at law of said d ecedent S. P. Myers, as above set out, subject to the homestead right of s aid widow and minor children.And the Court therefore finds that so mu ch of the final report of said administratrix, Addie Myers, as undertak es to account for $997.00, the proceeds of the sale of fifty acres of t he above described land is not subject to the jurisdiction of this cour t, nor subject to be accounted for in this proceeding.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that upon the p ayment of all cost of this administration into this Court and the $450. 00 for the use and benefit of said Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Roscoe Mye rs and Mackie Myers, that the said Addie Myers may be discharged but th at she and her bondsman are fully held to account as in this decree adjudi cated to pay all cost in this behalf accrued, together with said $450. 00 as herein directed; and the clerk will disburse the said $450.00 by pay ing E. E. Gore, as attorney for said contestants, $100.00, the remaind er to be disbursed. to contestants, one-fourth each.
[Seal of County Court of Jackson County, Oklahoma]
J. M. Williams
County Judge---end of document---
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FROM ARMOND CLINTON BEATY
See "Notes" for John William Beaty for information regarding the Jessie L ee Beaty-John William Beaty-E. Addie Finney-Samuel Preston Myers connectio n.---RCM.
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1870 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY
p. 66
487/490
S. B. Myers, 49, male, farmer, $600-$300, ky
Elnora C., 43, ky
William H., 21, ky, $400
George R., 19, ky
David R., 14, ky
Mary C., 11, ky
Rufus C., 8, ky
John, 5, ky
Samuel P., 4, ky (twins)
Panelope S., 4, ky (twins)
male not named, 1/12, born April, ky
1900 CENSUS, GREER COUNTY, OK
Samuel P. Myers not found
1900 CENSUS, TEXAS
Samuel P. Myers not found
1910 CENSUS, JACKSON COUNTY, OK
Navajoe
roll 1255, T-624
101/102
Myers, Samuel P., head, m, w, 43, widower, read-yes, write-yes, owned, mor tgaged, farm, farm schedule #109, ky, england, usa, english
Sybal Vane, d, f, w, 15, single, read-y, write-y, school-y, tx, ky, tx, en glish
Willie Jones, d, f, w, 13, single, read-y, write-y, school-y, tx, ky, t x, english
Roscoe C., s, m, w, 10, single, read-y, write-y, school-y, tx, ky, tx, eng lish
Mackie C., d, f, w, 8, single, read-y, write-y, school-y, ok, ky, tx, engl ish
Homer L., s, m, w, 5, single, ok, ky, tx, english
Truman C., s, m, w, 1 10/12, single, ok, ky, tx
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DOAN'S CROSSING, RED RIVER "WILBARGER COUNTY."
The Handbook of Texas Online. <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ articles/view/WW/hcw9.html>
...The area that is now Wilbarger County was part of the buffaloqv hunti ng ground of the Wanderers Band of Comanches until the 1870s, when great b uffalo hunts by whites destroyed the herds and United States Army campaig ns removed the Indians. Wilbarger County was established in 1858 from lan ds formerly assigned to the Bexar District. It was named for settlers Josi ah P. and Mathias Wilbarger.qv Though the area was within the bounda ry of the Peters colony,qv because of Indian hostilities it attracted no s ettlers until 1878, when the first settlement was made and the county w as attached to Clay County for judicial purposes. C. F. and J. Doan, the f irst settlers in the area, established Doan's Crossing and Store where t he Western Trailqv crossed the Red River; C. F. Doan became the county's f irst postmaster in 1880 after buffalo hunters, cattlemen, and Indians sett led near the store, and mail lines to Wichita Falls, Mobeetie, and Seymo ur were soon opened. Mrs. A. T. Boger held classes for schoolchildr en in a dugout east of Vernon in 1879, and by the next year a school had b een built; L. N. Perkins taught the first classes there. W. B. Worsham est ablished the R2 Ranch with headquarters at Big Spring in 1879. Settlers w ho lacked livestock made a living poisoning coyotes for their hides; gathe ring buffalo bones for eastern fertilizer plants was another source of inc ome. Bone gatherers hauled their take to Gainesville, where bones sold f or twenty to twenty-two dollars per ton (see BONE BUSINESS). The county 's tall sage grass supported antelope, deer, buffalo, wild turkey, and pra irie chickens, and in season the land offered wild plums, grapes, currant s, persimmons, and pecans for the taking. By 1880 there were 126 people li ving in the area. The agricultural census for that year found thirty far ms or ranches, encompassing 4,800 acres, but only 1,292 cattle and 46 she ep were reported. About 225 acres were planted in corn, the most importa nt crop at that time...
...ranchers drove their herds to Dodge City, Kansas. Cowboys picked up t he Western (or Dodge City) Trailqv at Doan's Crossing of the Red River, ne ar Vernon...
...DOANS, TEXAS. Doans, also known as Doan's Store or Doan's Crossin g, is at the junction of Farm roads 2916 and 924, a mile southwest of t he Red River in north central Wilbarger County. Jonathan Doan and his neph ew Corwin Doan established a trading post in 1878 to serve the cattle driv ers who used the nearby Western Trailqv to get their herds to market. A po st office was established at the store in 1879 with Corwin Doan as postmas ter. The cattle drives on the Western Trail reached their peak in 1881, wh en more than 300,000 head passed by Doans; between 1879 and 1895 six milli on head came through the settlement. By the mid-1880s Doans had a schoo l, a hotel, a general store, a saloon, and a population estimated at 30 0. A wide variety of people came to the town to do business: cowboys, ranc hers, Indians, buffalo hunters, peddlers, and itinerant preachers; among t he more famous visitors were Quanah Parkerqv and A. J. Balfour, later pri me minister of England, who impersonated a cowboy to help catch cattle rus tlers on a ranch owned by the Francklyn Land and Cattle Company.
In 1885, when the Fort Worth and Denver Railway bypassed Doans by sever al miles, the cattle drives that had been so important to the town's econo my were rendered obsolete, and the town had no rail service to help repla ce the drives with new business. By the mid-1890s the population had fall en to seventy-five; it fell to thirty by 1914, and at that time only the g eneral store remained. Postal service to Doans was discontinued in 1919, a nd by the 1930s the number of residents had dwindled to ten. The Doans sch ool was consolidated in 1935 into the Northside school district. From t he 1940s through the 1990s the population of Doans was reported at twent y. An annual picnic, a tradition that began in 1884, was held at Doans ea ch May. In 1931 a historical marker was placed at Doans to commemorate t he trail drives.---The Handbook of Texas Online. <http://www.tsha.utexas.e du/handbook/online/articles/view/DD/hvd50.html>
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GREAT WESTERN CATTLE TRAIL
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1263/cattletrail.html
...Doan's Crossing was a short distance from Doan's Store, which was the l ast supply station for those traveling to Kansas by way of the Indian Nati on. C. E. Doan kept a perfect record of the herds crossing. 1881 was the p eak of the cattle herds with 301,000 head driven through. He kept the na me of the Trail Bosses, the number of cattle, and who they belonged to. O ne of the largest was the King Ranch, shipping 30,000 head divided in to 10 herds in a single season.
The trail drivers could see one of the Wichita Mountains that stood out fr om the rest and looked like a huge Tepee. This was Mt. Webster, but the na med was later changed to Mt. Tepee. Using Mt. Tepee as a land mark, drove rs pointed the lead steer to the crossing on the North Fork of the Red Riv er, about 1 1/2 miles south of Mt Tepee. NW of this crossing was a litt le mountain with a large grove of pecan trees on the south and good gras s. It made a good windbreak and the herd bedded down for the night.
The next morning, the herd was headed north through a large sea of gras s, 12 miles wide and 20 miles long, stretching from the North Fork of t he Red River to Big Elk Creek. As they reached a point on the North Fo rk of the Red river, called Comanche Spring, where Lone Wolf is, they poin ted the cattle east to the crossing on Big Elk Creek. This crossing w as a mile north of old Hiway #9 west of Hobart. This ford later became kno wn as the Big Four Crossing, so named because it was located on land th at was leased from the Kiowa by the Big Four Cattle Co, which was own ed by the 4 largest Ranches in North Texas. Their brand was the # 4. Aft er the Big Four crossing, the cattle were allowed to graze the good gra ss in the fertile bottoms of the twin Elk Creeks, and actually grazed whe re the present town of Hobart is....-end of excerpt.
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FROM:http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/tx/doanscrossing.html
Corwin F. Doan and an uncle, Jonathan Doan, operated a very successful sup ply store at the strategic point along the Red River where cattlemen cross ed with their herds of cattle on the way to Dodge City, Kansas. It was kno wn as "the jumping off place," as it was the last store on the Western Tra il before entering the Indian Territory on the way to eastern markets. T he store was named C.F. Doan and Company. Doan estimated the number of cat tle that passed his store in 1879 to be one hundred thousand head. The bo om lasted only a few years for in 1885 the Fort Worth and Denver Railro ad built tracks south of Doan's Crossing and other towns became shipping p oints for cattle. The number of cattle being driven overland for shipme nt dwindled. Shortly after World War I, the towns along the railroad forc ed Doan's Crossing to withdraw as a center of human activity. Today, Doan 's Crossing consists of the original 1881 store, some abandoned residenc es and a granite historical marker in bronze relief. Doan's Crossi ng is at the juncture of Farm to Market Road 2916 and Farm to Market Ro ad 924 in northern Wilbarger County. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth
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HISTORIC DOANS ADOBE HOUSE
from Wilbarger, TX, County Chamber of Commerce
http://www.vernontx.com/visitor.html
Built in 1881, this historic adobe building is the oldest in Wilbarger Cou nty. It was built as a residence for Mr. And Mrs. Corwin Doan and their fa mily at Doan’s Crossing on the Red River. Doan’s Crossing, establish ed in 1876 by Jonathan Doan, served as a trading post where the Western Tr ail of the famous Longhorn Chisholm Trail crossed the river going nor th to cattle markets in Kansas. Trail drivers called Doan’s Crossing "t he jumping off place" because it was their last chance to buy supplies bef ore crossing into Indian territory. The post office opened in the Doan’s S tore in 1879, so this was also their last chance to receive mail. One hund red thousand cattle passed over the trail by the little store in 187 9. In 1881 the trail reached the peak when three hundred and one thousa nd were driven to the Kansas shipping point. The Western Trail was used fr om 1876 to 1895 and six million cattle and one million horses crossed t he Red River at Doan’s Crossing.
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Myers, D. H.KY MUHLENBERG CO. GREENVILLE 449 1870
Myers, ElizabethKY MUHLENBERG CO. GREENVILLE 446 1870
Myers, G. R.KY MUHLENBERG CO. COURT HOUSE PREC. 3 464 1870
Myers, GeorgeKY MUHLENBERG CO. COURT HOUSE PREC. 3 481 1870
Myers, J. G.KY MUHLENBERG CO. COURT HOUSE PREC. 3 481 1870
Myers, MarkKY MUHLENBERG CO. PARADISE PREC. 4 557 1870
Myers, Martha E.KY MUHLENBERG CO. COURT HOUSE PREC. 3 481 18
Myers, RichardKY MUHLENBERG CO. COURT HOUSE PREC. 3 489 1870
Myers, S. B.KY MUHLENBERG CO. COURT HOUSE PREC. 3 486 1870
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GREER COUNTY RECORDS
Courthouse, Mangum, OK
Grantee:S. P. Myers
Grantor:USA
Character of Instrument:Patent
Date of Instrument:Aug 14, 1907
Date of Filing:Oct 14, 1907, 9a.m.
Book 36, page 252
Description of Property:NW 1/4 30 - 1N - 19
Application # 6150
Homestead Certificate # 890
Land Office:Lawton, OK
Dated:14 Aug 1907
Recorded:Miscellaneous Vol # 631, page 79
MYERS HOMESTEAD
located on what is now County Road E. 171
approx. 1 mile south & 1/2 mile west of Humphreys, OK
Homestead, Description of Property
East half of the Northwest Quarter and lots - one and two of Section thir ty in Township one North of Range nineteen West of the Indian Meridi an in Oklahoma continuing one hundred fifty-eight and thirteen hundredt hs acres.
Grantee:S. P. Myers
Grantor:Margaret Peters
Character of Instrument:Deed
Date of Instrument:Sep 5, 1905
Date of Filing:Sep 28, 1907, 8a.m.
Book 39, page 391
Description of Property:SE 1/4 19 - 3N - 19
Indenture
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Biographical Souvinir Of Texas , 1889Full Index
byChristine Haw (c) 2001
This book is online
Write down the page numbers you need then go to:www.rootsweb.com/~txfann in/s.html
the page number link grid is on the bottom of the page.
Myers, Alice 624
Myers, David 624
Myers, Emiely J. 623
Myers, Erwin A. 624
Myers, Frank 623
Myers, Henry 624
Myers, J., Mr. 623
Myers, James C. 624
Myers, Joseph A. 624
Myers, Joseph A. J. 623
Myers, Leonidas M. 623,624
Myers, Mary R. J. 117,624
Myers, Nancy L. 624,823
Myers, Robert C. 623
Myers, Rudolph 623,624
Myers, Samuel 624
Myers, Sarah 117
Myers, Sarah E. 823
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WHEN DID SAMUEL PRESTON MYERS MOVE TO TEXAS?
Samuel's sister Rachael died in Weatherford, Parker County, TX, which is j ust west of Ellis County, where Samuel married in 1893.
Samuel's brother Rufus lived and probably died in Oklahoma City [ he is in the 1920 census there].
Samuel's uncle Richard Acock and family moved to Ellis County, Texas.
Did Samuel come to Texas with some of these family members?Did his moth er Elvira come too?
Rachael was married in Kentucky and probably had two sons born in Kentuck y, the last around 1877.Samuel married in Ellis County in 1893.If he c ame with Rachael's family then the timeframe would be 1877-1893.
Richard Acock's daughter Emma married in Ellis County, TX, in 1892, so th ey had moved to Texas by that date.
Did Elvira and some of her children [Samuel, Rufus, others?] move to Tex as with a second husband?Or perhaps with her brother Richard and his fam ily?Or perhaps with her son in law William Bunch and his family?---RCM
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1880 Gibson County, Indiana, Census
living with sister Mary C. and her husband Nathaniel Penrod
Name:Samuel MYERS
Age:14
Estimated birth year:<1866>
Birthplace:Kentucky
Relation:BroL
Home in 1880:Washington, Gibson, Indiana
Occupation:Laborer
Marital status:Single
Race:White
Gender:Male
Head of household:Nathaniel PENROD
Father's birthplace:KY
Mother's birthplace:KY
Name:Nathaniel PENROD
Age:26
Estimated birth year:<1854>
Birthplace:Kentucky
Relation:Self
Home in 1880:Washington, Gibson, Indiana
Occupation:Farmer
Marital status:Married
Race:White
Gender:Male
Head of household:Nathaniel PENROD
Father's birthplace:KY
Mother's birthplace:KY
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Penrod, Nathaniel;w;m;24?;married;farmer;ky;ky;ky;
Penrod, M. C.;w;f;21;wife;married;keepinghouse;ky;ky;ky;
Myers, Samuel;w;m;14;brother in law;single;laborer;ky;k y;ky;
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1880 Washington, Gibson County, IN, living with sister's family
1893 Ellis County, TX, marries Jessie Lee Beaty
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Samuel's cousin, Mary Francis Acock, daughter of Richard, m. William Penrod.Samuel's sister Mary m. Nathaniel Penrod.
His cousin Emma Acock, daughter of Richard, m. in Ellis County, TX, in 1892.
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http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~friendshipok/
HISTORY OF FRIENDSHIP, OKLAHOMA
Pictured above are the Navajoe Mountains, located four miles east of Friendship, which are a part of the Wichita Mountain Range.
Friendship, in Jackson County, is a rural Southwestern Oklahoma Community with a unique, colorful history. At various times Southwestern Oklahoma was claimed by England, France, Spain, Mexico and the Republic of Texas. Before Oklahoma became the 46th state, Friendship was located in Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory and Greer County, Texas.
Southwestern Oklahoma was once part of a vast sea of grass stretching as far as the eye could see, populated by millions of buffalo and claimed by Texas, but ruled by the Comanches and Kiowas. After the last free bands of Comanches and Kiowas were confined to the reservation at Fort Sill in 1875, the area became safe for cattle drives. From 1876 to 1892, millions of longhorns were driven from Texas to Dodge City and Ogallala, Nebraska, over the Western Cattle Trail which passed through the middle of what is now the Town of Friendship.
In 1880, giant Texas cattle companies, attracted by the rich grazing land, started moving into Southwestern Oklahoma. At that time, the area was claimed by Texas as Greer County, Texas, based on its assertion that the North Fork was the main channel of the Red River. In 1890, Oklahoma Territory was created, and a lawsuit was filed by the United States to resolve the boundary dispute. In 1896, the Supreme Court determined that the area was a part of Oklahoma Territory, not Texas, and it was opened for Homesteading in 1897.
Over the years, a number of communities, including Clabber Flat, Alfalfa, Lone Oak, Ricks, Riverside, Pleasant Point and Navajoe, were settled in the Friendship area. Clabber Flat School, which opened in 1899, became the first Friendship School, changing its name to Friendship because of its association with the Friendship Baptist Church which was organized and often met at the school.
The Town of Friendship was originally known as Alfalfa and was the site of the Alfalfa Post Office from 1903 to 1905. But, in 1908, the Friendship Baptist Church was built at Alfalfa, and the town soon became known as Friendship. The town thrived as cotton production increased in the area. At its peak, Friendship had more than a dozen businesses, but all of them gradually closed (except for the Friendship Baptist Church which still has weekly services) with the decline in rural population after World War II.
In 1920, the Friendship and Navajoe School Districts and parts of the Lone Oak and Riverside School districts consolidated to form a new Friendship Consolidated District. In 1935, Pleasant Point consolidated with Friendship and, in later years, students were gained from the Ozark and Headrick School Districts.
After the Friendship School burned in 1962, Friendship and Warren consolidated to form a new school district known as Navajo, building a new school midway between the two towns in 1963.
The Friendship History Group is a nonprofit entity, organized to document and preserve the history of the Friendship Community. It has two books for sale, which tell some of the colorful history of the Friendship Community and Southwestern Oklahoma. All proceeds from the sale of these books will be used to help fund area historical projects.
One of the books, The Early Day Friendship Area: Its Settlement and Communities, is a comprehensive history of the early Friendship area. More than 500 copies of the book have been sold, and copies have been donated to numerous schools, libraries, museums and historical collections. Additionally, the book has been purchased and reproduced by the Church of Later-Day Saints for its Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Proceeds from the sale of the book, together with matching funds from members of the group, were used to fund an Oklahoma State Historical Marker commemorating the Friendship Community and Western Cattle Trail.
The other book is an historical novel, The North Fork: A Tale of the Southwestern Frontier, which was written recently by Don Butler, a member of the Friendship History Group. It combines both historical figures and fictional characters from three different cultures, whose lives are shaped by events on the southwestern frontier during the turbulent decades after the Civil War. A recent book signing and review, sponsored by the Western Trail Historical Society at the Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus, resulted in excellent attendance and sales of the book.
More About SAMUEL PRESTON MYERS:
Burial: Oct 1914, Francis Cemetery, Jackson County, OK
Cause of Death: prostatic hypertrophy
Census: 1870, Muhlenburg County, KY167
Deed: 06 Jun 1914, Quit claim deed granted by E. A. Myers to S. P. Myers
Grave Marker: yes
Homestead: 14 Oct 1907, filed homestead application at Mangum, OK
Lease: 27 Jun 1914, Oil and gas lease to Jackson County Oil and Gas Co.
Migration: 1900, Ellis County, TX, to Humphreys, Greer County, OK TR
Mortuary: 05 Oct 1914, funeral service record168
Occupation: Abt. 1885, farmer169
Property: 05 Sep 1907, Purchase of land to become Myers homestead170
Residence: 1880, Gibson County, IN, Washington Township, living with sister Mary C.
Will Administrator: 09 Oct 1914, E. A. Myers files petition as heir to S. P. Myers
Notes for JESSIE LEE BEATY:
DEATH
Jessie Lee died of complications resulting from measles.It seems that the children caught the measles and Jessie had never had them as a child.She perhaps died on a Sunday as the family had been singing hymns on the day she died.Jessie Lee had been ill for some time and had just finished singing her favorite hymn when she was stricken and later died.---Mackie Myers Terry as told to Carroll Myers
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FROM ARMOND CLINTON BEATY
See "Notes" for John William Beaty for information regarding the Jessie Lee Beaty-John William Beaty-E. Addie Finney-Samuel Preston Myers connection.---RCM.
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MACKIE TERRY TO OBSERVE 100TH
newspaper article, 'The Marlow Review', Marlow, OK, 31 Jan 2002, p 3-B
by Kaye Arthur
'Marlow Review' Staff Writer
[photo of Mackie Terry]
Longtime Marlow citizen Mackie Terry will reach a significant milestone in her life on Sunday, when she celebrates her 100th birthday with a party at Gregston's Nursing Home, where she has been a resident for almost 13 years.
Born February 3, 1902, in Hess, Oklahoma, Mackie was the fifth of eight children born to farmer Samuel Myers and his wife Jessie.All of Mackie's four brothers and three sisters are now deceased.
Life was sometimes hard for the Myers family in those early days of the 20th century.
In an interview this week, Mackie recalled that on a January night in or around 1910, the family's home burned to the ground.Her oldest brother perished in the fire, and her father, who was already sick, contracted pneumonia while seeking help in the middle of the cold winter night.As a result, it was nine days before he was made aware of the loss of his home and son, she recalled.
Furthermore, if the tragedy of her brother's death and the loss of their home weren't tragic enough in themselves, both came fast on the heels of still another cause for grief--Mackie's baby sister had died of membranous croup only two weeks prior to the fire, she said.
On Monday, Mackie's memory spanned nine decades into the past as she recalled these early events in her life and the loss of her parents.Samuel Myers died when she was around eight years old, and Jessie passed away four years later.[Note:this is in error.Jessie predeceased Samuel.]
Afterwards, the Myers children managed to keep the family together.Mackie grew up in the Altus area, where she completed eighth grade, then divided her time between various jobs and helping out at home.
She eventually went to work at a hotel/coffee shop in Walters.The owner of the hotel was an acquaintance of the owner of what was then the Allen Hotel in Marlow, located at First and Main.In 1942, the Allen's owner took a trip to California and asked Mackie to manage the Marlow establishment in her absence.
Mackie stayed;and in 1945, she signed a contract to purchase the hotel, making monthly payments, she remembered, "like I was paying out rent ."She re-named the business the Myers Hotel and operated the establishment until her retirement almost 30 years later, in 1974.
One morning in the early 1950's, after attending a family funeral, she walked into the coffee shop at the Walters hotel and captured the attention of a gentleman, a traveling sales promoter who was having breakfast.Mackie reported that the man inquired "Where did that pretty little thing come from?I've never seen her around here before."
In 1952, "that pretty little thing" and the gentleman, Cleve Terry, were married in the home of a minister in Chickasha.
Cleve, who owned the New Dixie Dry Goods Store on Marlow's Main Street, died in 1969.
As a businesswoman and later, even after her reitement, Mackie was an active, involved member of her community.
She was a charter member of the Marlow chapter of Business & Professional Women, which was organized in 1954 and has since disbanded.She served as local B&PW president in 1958-'59.
Mackie was named Marlow's Outstanding Woman in 1961 in recognition of her accomplishments as chairman of the Marlow Community Chest Drive.Then in 1965, she became the first woman to serve on the board of directors for the Marlow Chamber of Commerce.
After her retirement in 1974, the spunky 72-year-old ran for the Ward 4 seat on the city council, was elected, and served one term.Three years later, in 1977, she was named Woman of the Year by Marlow's BPW chapter.
Even after moving into Gregston's Nursing Home in March 1989, Mackie didn't curtail her lifestyle to any degree, nor did she stop receiving honors.
She has served as president of the Resident Council and was a candidate for the home's Valentine Queen title in 1990.Then in October 1991, she garnered the first-place award in a statewide "Who's Who in Oklahoma Nursing Homes" competition sponsored by the Oklahoma Nursing Home Association.
Mackie attends the many varied activities at the home ("I go to all of them," she advised) and still enjoys reading and playing dominoes.
She is a longtime member of the First Baptist Church, where she once served as president of the Woman's Missionary Union and as assistant superintendent of one of the adult Sunday School departments.She still attends Sunday School classes offered each week at the home.
The First Baptist Church will be hosting a celebration in honor of Mackie's centennial birthday this Sunday, February 3, from two to four o'clock in the afternoon at the home.Everyone is welcome to drop by and add their congratulations to others Mackie will be receiving on this, her special day.
"The Marlow Review" would like to extend best wishes to Mackie on the event of her 100th birthday.
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Early Fannin Texas Birth Records
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/birthearly.html
Jesse Lee BeatyT.W.& A.G.b.12 Dec.1873
Thomas Y. HillJ.A.& Mary V.b........1875
Robert C. NelmsA.L.& M.J.b.16 May 1874
Jesse Lee BeatyT.W.& A.G.b.12 Dec.1873
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More About JESSIE LEE BEATY:
Burial: Apr 1910, Francis Cemetery, Jackson County, OK
Cause of Death: complications from measles
Census: 1880, ?
Grave Marker: yes
Photo: Aug 1892, Jessie Lee Beaty171
Marriage Notes for SAMUEL MYERS and JESSIE BEATY:
Marriage records for Ellis County confirm the marriage date and that the ceremony was performed by C. McPherson, Minister of the Gospel (page 15 9, G, 624).
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RED RIVER
The Red River is in the Mississippi drainage basin and is one of two Red R ivers in the nation. It is the second longest river associated with Texa s. Its name comes from its color, which in turn comes from the fact that t he river carries large quantities of red soil in flood periods. The riv er has a high salt content. The Spanish called the stream Río Rojo, amo ng other names. It was also known in frontier times as the Red River of Na tchitoches and the Red River of the Cadodacho (the Caddo Indians). Randol ph B. Marcy and George B. McClellanqv identified the Prairie Dog Town Fork qv as the river's main stream in 1852. If one accepts their judgment the t otal length of the Red River is 1,360 miles, of which 640 miles is in Tex as or along the Texas boundary. The drainage area of the river in Tex as is 30,700 square miles. In 1944 Denison Dam was completed on the Red Ri ver to form Lake Texoma,qv which extends into Grayson and Cooke countie s, Texas, and Marshall, Johnson, Bryan, and Love counties, Oklahoma, and w as once the tenth-largest reservoir in the United States. Principal tribut aries of the Red River, exclusive of its various forks, include the Pea se and Wichita rivers in north central Texas, the Sulphur River in Northea st Texas, and, from Oklahoma, the Washita. The Ouachita is the main tribut ary in its lower course.
The Red River of Texas heads in four main branches: the Prairie Dog Town F ork, Elm Creekqv or the Elm Fork, the North Fork,qv and the Salt Fork.qv W ater from the river's source in Curry County, New Mexico, forms a channe l, Palo Duro Creek,qv in Deaf Smith County, Texas, which joins Tierra Blan ca Creekqv northwest of Canyon to form the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the R ed River. This main channel flows east through Palo Duro Canyon,qv then ac ross the rest of the Panhandle.qv The Prairie Dog Town Fork forms Palo Du ro Club Lake and Lake Tanglewood in Randall County before it crosses south western Armstrong and northeastern Briscoe counties. Out of the canyon a nd into broken country, it flows eastward across central Hall and Childre ss counties for 160 miles. When the Prairie Dog Town Fork crosses the 100 th meridian at the eastern line of Childress County, its south bank becom es the state boundary between Texas and Oklahoma and thus the northern cou nty line of Hardeman and Wilbarger counties. Twelve miles northeast of Ver non the North Fork joins the Prairie Dog Town Fork to form the Red River p roper (at 34°24' N, 99°32' W). Elm Creek, or the Elm Fork of the Red Rive r, rises in northern Collingsworth County and drains into the North Fo rk of the Red River near the Greer-Kiowa county line in Oklahoma sou th of Altus Reservoir. The Salt Fork rises in north central Armstrong Coun ty, crosses part of Oklahoma, and joins the Prairie Dog Town Fork at the e xtreme northern point of Wilbarger County, Texas, sixteen miles northwe st of Vernon. At this junction an ancient buffalo trail and the Western Tr ailqv once crossed the stream. Below the junction of the North Fork and t he Prairie Dog Town Fork, the Red River proper continues to mark with i ts south bank the state line between Texas and Oklahoma and thus forms t he northern county line of Wilbarger, Wichita, Clay, Montague, Cooke, Gray son, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, and Bowie counties. The river becomes the s tate line between Texas and Arkansas at the northeastern corner of Texa s. Afterward, it leaves Texas and enters Arkansas, then continues eastwar d, forming the northern boundary of Miller County, before turning south-so utheast to form the eastern boundary of the county. It then flows southea st across Louisiana. It forms the line between Caddo and Bossier parish es and then proceeds southeast across Red River and Natchitoches parishe s, forms portions of the lines between Natchitoches and Grant and Grant a nd Rapides parishes, crosses northeastern Rapides and northwestern Avoyell es parishes, forms parts of the lines between Avoyelles and Catahoula, Avo yelles and Concordia, and Concordia and Pointe Coupe parishes, and final ly reaches its mouth (at 31°01' N, 91°45' W) on the Mississippi River fort y-five miles northwest of Baton Rouge and 341 miles above the Gulf of Mexi co.qv Though the river once emptied completely into the Mississippi, mo re recently a part of its water at flood stage flows to the Gulf via the A tchafalaya.
In the summer of 1541 the Coronado expeditionqv explored the upper reach es of the Prairie Dog Town Fork in Palo Duro and Tule canyons. In the summ er of 1542 the Moscoso expeditionqv crossed the Red River in Louisia na on its way into East Texas. In 1690 Domingo Terán de los Ríosqv cross ed Texas from southwest to northeast and reached the Red River, possib ly as far down as the great raft and the Caddo Indian settlements in the a rea of present Texarkana. French traders used the river as an approa ch to establish a lucrative trade with the Caddos and associated trib es by the early eighteenth century. Farther up the river the Taovaya India ns had villages near the site of Spanish Fort in what is now Montague Coun ty, villages that in the middle eighteenth century were under French influ ence and flew a French flag. Diego Ortiz Parrilla,qv in charge of a Spani sh punitive expedition, was defeated at the villages in 1759. In 1769 Atha nase de Mézièresqv was appointed lieutenant governor of the Natchitoches D istrict with jurisdiction over the Red River valley. He was to suppress t he traffic in stolen horses and Indian captives centered in the Taovaya vi llages, whose inhabitants by 1772 were trading with Englishmen from the ea st and Comanches on the High Plains. In 1778 Mézières visited the Red Riv er villages and proposed a Tlascalan Indian settlement among them. Neith er this proposal nor a suggestion in 1792 that a Spanish mission be bui lt on the Red River was carried out. In 1841 the Texan Santa Fe expedition qv mistook the Wichita River for the Red River. In 1852 Randolph Barnes Ma rcy commanded an exploring expedition to the headwaters of the Canadian a nd the Red rivers, and a year later published a report on the trip, Explor ation of the Red River of Louisiana in the Year 1852. The Red River War qv of 1874-75 ended Indian hostilities in the area.
The Red River has been a boundary almost since the first Europeans ca me to the area. In the 1700s the river was generally regarded as the divid ing line between France and Spain, and a royal cedula in 1805 proclaimed t he river the northern and eastern boundary of the Spanish province of Texa s. After the Louisiana Purchase by the United States, several expeditio ns were sent up the Red River to explore that tributary of the Mississipp i, and a struggle began between the United States and Spain over where t he boundary should be. In 1804-05 William Dunbarqv explored the river as f ar up as the mouth of the Washita. In 1805 Dr. John Sibleyqv supplied t he United States with a detailed description of the area up the river a nd westward as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Red River was again formal ly set forth as the northern boundary of Texas in the Adams-Onís Treaty qv of 1819. This treaty, as ratified by Spain and the United States in 18 21 and by Mexico in 1822, established the Red River as the southwestern bo undary of Louisiana-as far northwest as the 100th meridian, "as laid do wn on the Melish Map."qv Illegal infiltration continued across the river i nto Texas until the opening of Anglo-American colonizationqv in 1821, wh en the river became the thoroughfare by which many pioneer settlers mov ed into Texas. Others came down the military road to Fort Towson and cross ed the river at Jonesborough and Pecan Point. Many settlers along the riv er raised cotton in the rich blackland of Northeast Texas, despite its ten dency to overflow, and the Red River County area was sufficiently settl ed to send delegates to the Convention of 1836.qv
The Republic of Texasqv recognized the Red River as a boundary whe n, in an act of December 19, 1836, Congress made the eastern boundary cote rminous with the western boundary of the United States, as fixed by the tr eaty of 1819. The area between the true 100th meridian and the 100th merid ian according to the Melish Map extended from the Red River north to 36°3 0" latitude and was more than 100 miles in width, embracing an area of 16, 000 square miles. According to strict construction of the treaty of 181 9, this strip belonged to Texas. The Supreme Court of the United States, h owever, on March 16, 1896, held that Texas was stopped from claiming th is strip, for the following reasons: (1) In the Compromise of 1850,qv wher ein Texas ceded all territory north of 36°30" latitude and west of the 100 th meridian, Texas had agreed to the true meridian and not the Melish meri dian. (2) The true 100th meridian had been made the eastern boundary of Li pscomb, Hemphill, and Wheeler counties when they were legally formed. ( 3) The true 100th meridian as ascertained had been acquiesced in, recogniz ed, and treated as the true boundary by various acts of Texas, and both go vernments had treated it as the proper boundary in the disposition they ma de of the territory involved. The view was virtually conceded as to all t he strip, except for 3,840 square miles east of the true 100th meridian a nd between the forks of the Red River. The United States contended that t he line following the course of the Red River eastward to the 100th meridi an met the meridian at the point where it intersected the lower fork of t he Red River; Texas contended that her boundaries extended along the Red R iver to the point where the upper fork intersected the 100th meridia n. In other words, the question was which was the main fork of the Red Riv er. The Supreme Court held that the disputed territory belonged to the Uni ted States. The decision, known as the Greer Countyqv case, resulted in t he loss from Texas to what is now Oklahoma of 1,511,576 acres. A quart er of a century later another argument between Texas and Oklahoma occurr ed when oil was discovered in the bed of the river. With the extensi on of the Burkburnett Townsite pool, known as the Northwest Extensio n, it was discovered that a part of the pool lay in the bed of the Red Riv er. This brought up the old question of Indian headright titles and caus ed a controversy that reached the Supreme Court and resulted in fixing t he boundary of Texas at the bluff on the Texas side. Militia of both Tex as and Oklahoma, together with the Texas Rangers,qv engaged in several bat tles. The bridge was burned, oilfield equipment destroyed, and property co nfiscated.
The Red River has been significant also in commerce and transportation. Th ough its variable current and quicksands menaced settlers, gateways into T exas were established at Pecan Point and Jonesborough in Red River Count y, Colbert's Ferryqv and Preston in Grayson County, and Doan's Crossi ng in Wilbarger County. Indian trading posts on the river became the termi ni of important trails. In 1836 Holland Coffeeqv had a post on the Oklaho ma side at the mouth of Cache Creek; in 1837 he settled at Preston Be nd in what is now northern Grayson County, Texas. Abel Warrenqv had a po st in northwestern Fannin County in 1836, one on the Oklahoma side of t he river near the mouth of Walnut Creek in 1837, and a later post at the m outh of Cache Creek. The Central National Roadqv of the Republic of Tex as was surveyed to reach the Red River six miles above Jonesborough at Tra vis G. Wright'sqv landing, then the head of navigation on the Red Rive r. In 1853 Colbert's Ferry was opened across the river in northern Grays on County for the route that was subsequently used by the Butterfield Over land Mail,qv the partial direction of which had been determined by Randol ph B. Marcy in his exploration of the Red River in 1852. Early crossings w ere made at Rock Bluff, Doan's Crossing, and Colbert's Ferry. As far as na vigable, the river provided an outlet to New Orleans from Northeast Texa s, and it became a highway for cotton, farm products, and eventually catt le boats. Sternwheelers, sidewheelers, and showboats plied the river along side keelboats and pirogues. Before the railroad era, steamboats regular ly navigated the Red River from New Orleans to the site of present Shrevep ort, but navigation of the upper river was hampered by the "great raft ," a mass of driftwood and trees that obstructed the channel for seventy-f ive miles. In 1834-35 Capt. Henry M. Shreve removed the raft, but the riv er was not kept clear, and by 1856 the logjam again obstructed the river f or thirty miles above Shreveport, backed up the waters of Big Cypress Cre ek to form Caddo Lake, and so made Jefferson the principal riverport of Te xas until the removal of the raft again in 1874.
With the westward movement of the frontier and the establishment of the ca ttle trails to the north, the Red River became an obstacle to cross on t he way to market. Cowboys relied on well-used crossings such as Ringgol d, Red River Station, and Doan's Crossing. Above Clay County the Red Riv er provides recreational use only in periods of heavy run-off. The Wichi ta joins the Red River in Clay County, and from this point downstream t he river is used for recreation year-round, though quicksand is common. Fr om Denison Dam at Lake Texoma to Arkansas the river flows through remot e, wild country. The Ouachita National Forest and a portion of the Kisatch ie National Forest of Louisiana lie within the Red River basin. As a bound ary, the Red River remained in dispute as late as 1987. See also BOUNDARIE S.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Peter Zachary Cohen, The Great Red River Raft (Niles, Illino is: Whitman, 1984). Harry Sinclair Drago, Red River Valley (New York: Clar kson-Potter, 1962). Carl Newton Tyson, The Red River in Southwestern Histo ry (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981). C. A. Welborn, Histo ry of the Red River Controversy (n.p.: Nortex, 1973).
Diana J. Kleiner
The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Librari es at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Ass ociation.
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Notes for ADDIE E. FINNEY:
[myersfamily3.GEDjuly05.GED]
Addie Finney Beaty Myers had children from a previous marriage when she ma rried Samuel Preston Myers.She and Samuel had no children together duri ng their short time together.---RCM
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ARMOND CLINTON BEATY
See "Notes" for John William Beaty for information regarding the Jessie L ee Beaty-John William Beaty-E. Addie Finney-Samuel Preston Myers connectio n.---RCM
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Jones, Bloyed, Finney, and more
Contact: Jennifer Horne <[email protected]>
ID: I96089319
Name: Addie E. FINNEY
Given Name: Addie E.
Surname: Finney
Sex: F
Birth: 4 Nov 1878 1
Death: Wft Est. 1904-1972 1
Change Date: 21 Nov 2001 1
Note:
Addie had several marriages.
She had three children: Annie Ola (Slayton, Texas), Edith and Herman.
Their last name may be Beaty.
Sybil Myer (brother Denver's wife) was Addie's step-daugher.
Addie was also married to a Mills.
Father: Sam R. FINNEY b: 1 May 1853 in Alabama
Mother: Virginia Ann Tennessee PIERCE b: 12 Dec 1857 in Texas
Marriage 1 John BEATY
Married: 26 Oct 1898 1
Note: _UIDBD4547FFB43BD51195684445535400004A4D
Sources:
Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Title: World Family Tree Vol. 20, Ed. 1
Publication: Release date: March 13, 1998
Note:
Customer pedigree.
Source Media Type: Family Archive CD
Repository:
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Social Security Death Index (SSDI) record for:
ADDIE E MILLS
Name:ADDIE E MILLS
SSN:569-12-8112
Last Residence:90242Downey, Los Angeles, CA
Born:4 Nov 1878
Last Benefit:
Died:15 Mar 1967
State (Year) SSN issued:CA (Before 1951)
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Marriage Notes for SAMUEL MYERS and ADDIE FINNEY:
[myersfamily3.GEDjuly05.GED]
Jackson County, OK
Office of the Court Clerk
Marriage Book 3
page 115
record #1293
S. P. Myers, 48, farmer
Mrs. E. A. Beatty, 33, a lady
[both shown as widowed, but she was not]
application dated 7 June 1913
license issued 13 June 1913
married 7 June 1913
by W. A. Phillips, Minister, ME [Methodist?] Church South, Headrick, OK
witnesses:
Mrs. R. A. Hartman, Kennedale, TX
Mrs. W. A. Phillips
recorded by A. W. Stevens, Jackson County Court Clerk
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Children of SAMUEL MYERS and JESSIE BEATY are:
| i. | SYBAL VANE5 MYERS172, b. 13 Sep 1894, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX; d. 31 Aug 1918; m. R. F. FINNEY173; b. 07 Aug 1889, Jerico, Donley County, TX; d. Unknown, Borger, TX. |
| Notes for SYBAL VANE MYERS: [myersfamily3.GEDjuly05.GED] Jones, Bloyed, Finney, and more Contact: Jennifer Horne <[email protected]> ID: I96089325 Name: Denver FINNEY Given Name: Denver Surname: Finney Sex: M Birth: 7 Aug 1889 1 Death: Wft Est. 1910-1979 in Borger, Texas 1 Change Date: 28 Apr 2001 1 Note: Sybil Myers Finney, Denver's lst wife, is buried in Yarnaby Cemete ry asis her one year old son Urdist. His daughter Gladys, Gladys Rock, can be reached at 214-285-3996. Matten lives in Dallas. Father: Sam R. FINNEY b: 1 May 1853 in Alabama Mother: Virginia Ann Tennessee PIERCE b: 12 Dec 1857 in Texas Marriage 1 Sybil MYER Married: Wft Est. 1906-1939 1 Note: _UIDC34547FFB43BD511956844455354000050AD Marriage 2 Pearl BLUMFIELDBROOMFIELD Married: Wft Est. 1906-1939 1 Note: _UIDC54547FFB43BD511956844455354000052CD Sources: Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Title: World Family Tree Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Publication: Release date: March 13, 1998 Note: Customer pedigree. Source Media Type: Family Archive CD Repository: [] Yarnaby Cemetery Bryan Co. Located at Colbert Boat Club, N/W of Cartwright, OK |
| More About SYBAL VANE MYERS: Burial: Unknown, Yarnaby Cemetery [Bryan County, OK?] Residence: Wellington, Collingsworth County, TX |
| More About R. F. FINNEY: AKA (Facts Pg): Denver Finney |
| ii. | WILLIE JONES MYERS174, b. 25 Apr 1896, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX; d. 24 Oct 1998, Boise City, OK; m. R. F. TERRY, 01 Aug 1914; b. 1892; d. Abt. 1980, Boise City, OK. |
| More About WILLIE JONES MYERS: Burial: Unknown, Colorado Springs, CO |
| iii. | SAMUEL CLEO MYERS175, b. 15 Aug 1897, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX; d. 30 Jan 1907, Francis, Jackson County, OK176. |
| Notes for SAMUEL CLEO MYERS: [myersfamily3.GEDjuly05.GED] Samuel Cleo Myers FIRE ---Samuel Cleo died in a fire which destroyed the Myers home.Brother Ros coe was severely burned in the fire, but, recovered.The house was a mi le east and a mile south of the present day Francis Cemetery. The house was originally a dugout with a structure added later above groun d.The fire occurred during the night.Roscoe and Samuel Cleo were sleep ing in the above ground part of the house while the rest of the family sle pt in the dugout.---Mackie Myers Terry as told to Carroll Myers |
| More About SAMUEL CLEO MYERS: Burial: Unknown, Francis Cemetery, Jackson County, OK Cause of Death: killed in house fire Grave Marker: yes |
| iv. | ROSCOE CLINTON MYERS177,178, b. 03 Sep 1899, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX179,180; d. 13 Oct 1983, New Braunfels, Comal County, TX181,182,183; m. MATTIE IRENE JONES, 22 Jan 1921, Altus, Jackson County, OK184; b. 08 Apr 1902, Hill County, TX185,186; d. 30 Mar 1977, Altus, Jackson County, OK187,188. |
| Notes for ROSCOE CLINTON MYERS: Attended the World Series in St Louis. 2 of Roscoe's sisters lived beyond their 100th birthdays, Willie and Mackie. hobby:bridge 1930 JACKSON COUNTY OKLAHOMA CENSUS sheet #5B Navajo Township ED #33-26 SD #8 lines 72-77 99/103 MYERS, ROSCOE C.;head;home owned;yes [lives on a farm];M;W;age 30;M;21 age at m.;no;yes;Texas;Kentucky;Texas;state-87;yes [speaks English];farmer;general;vvvv;class of worker O;employed-yes;veteran-ww;farm schedule 95; MATTIE I.;wife H;yes;f;w;28;m;18;no;yes;Texas;Georgia;Georgia;state-87;yes;none; ROSCO M.;son;yes;m;w;8;s;yes;Oklahoma;Texas;Texas;state-86;none; RUFUS C.;son;yes;m;w;2;s;no;Oklahoma;Texas;Texas;state-86;none; TRUMAN C.;brother;yes;m;w;21;s;no;yes;Oklahoma;Kentucky;Texas;state-86;yes;farm labor;on farm;vivv;W;yes;n MACKIE C.;sister;yes;f;w;28;s;no;yes;Oklahoma;Kentucky;Texas;state-86;none. [] http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v010/v010p331.html#fn3 3"Buckskin Joe" was the frontier sobriquet of Joseph S. Works, who was born in Grant County, Wisconsin, February 14, 1847. In 1861, when but a few months past fourteen years old, he enlisted in Company B, of the 9th Iowa Infantry. At the end of eleven months, he was discharged because of physical disability, the long marches, exposure and severity of the service having proven too much for his immature physique, so he was sent home, supposedly to die. But he was nursed back to health and strength and, in 1863, he re-enlisted in Troop K, of the 9th Iowa Cavalry, with which he served until mustered out of the service, February 10, 1866, with the rank of corporal. Of his career as a scout, during the years of his early manhood, not much seems to have been recorded, though it is believed that he saw much of the frontier life of that period. That part of his life and activities which is of most interest in Oklahoma relates to the part which he played in Texas in the Oklahoma "Boomer" movement, in 1884-5-6-7-8. Originally becoming interested because Captain D. L. Payne was an ex-Union soldier, he tried to get in touch with Captain Couch, after Payne's death but did not succeed. However, about the time that the Payne-Couch "Boomer" movement went to pieces, he began to organize a "Boomer" movement of his own, in Texas, finally planting a "colony" in old Greer County, at Navajo, in 1887. Continuing his agitation for the opening of the Oklahoma country to settlement, he gained the co-operation of several railroad companies and of the Kansas City Commercial Club, which gave him considerable prominence throughout 1888 and also an insight into townsite promoting which he turned to good account. At the opening of Oklahoma, in 1889, he took great interest in the town of Union City, in Canadian County for a time but it failed to develop as he had expected it to do. He did not use his homestead right as he hoped some day to take up a homestead in the Cache Creek Valley, in the Fort Sill country. In 1893 and 1894, he was in the Chickasaw Nation for a time, trying to help build towns at Duncan, Comanche, Marlow and Ryan, where he clashed with some of the Chickasaw inter-married citizens, yet stoutly protested that he had opposed the best interests of the Indian people of that tribe as a whole. Though intensely active and not uninfluential in his agitation for the opening and settlement of Oklahoma, he never became a citizen of the state or territory. [] http://www.rootsweb.com/~okjackso/wtgsweb/doans.html DOAN'S CROSSING (Editor's Note) A place which has always been associated with Old Greer County was actually located on the Texas side of the Red River. One thing that most early Greer County Pioneers had in common was the fact that they entered their new home through Doan's Crossing. Our old newspapers are probably our best source of history. Although they were notorious for making mistakes, they give us an account of events written at the time they happened or described by eye witnesses. We are borrowing these accounts to present here. The Mangum Daily Star Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1932 Corwin F. Doan Tells Experiences At the Gateway To Greer County (Doan's Crossing was the Gateway to Old Greer County, Corwin F. Doan sat there in his little trading post and saw the trail driver, the ranchman, and the settler come into Greer County. The following article was written by Mr. Doan and published by George W. Saunders, Cookesbury Press, 1925.) I am now 74 years old and looking back over my life, I find the main part of it being spent near the old Chisholm Trail, or on the Dodge City Kansas trail. My first introduction to the old Chisholm Trail was in 1874, when in company with Robert E. Doan, a cousin, and both of us from Wilmington, Ohio, we set out for Fort Sill, Indian Territory, from Wichita, Kansas. We made this little jaunt of 250 miles by stage coach over the famous trail in good time. In 1875, very sick, I returned to my home in Ohio from Fort Sill, but the lure of the west urged me to try my luck again and October 10, 1879, found me back in the wilds and ever since, I have lived at Doan's, the trail crossing on Red River known far and wide by old trail bosses as the jumping off place into the great unknown, the last civilization until they hit the Kansas Line. Traded With Indians While sojourning in the Indian Territory in 1874 and 1875 with Tim Pete, Dave ?, And J. Doan, I engaged in trading with the Indians and buying hides at a little store on Cache Creek, two miles from Fort Sill. Our li fe at this place was a constant thrill on account of the Indians. During the month of July, 1874, the Indians killed 13 hay cutters and wood choppers. Well do I remember, one day after a hay cutter had been killed, a tenderfoot from the East with an eye to local color, decided to explore the little meadow where the man had been killed, expecting to collect a few arrows so that he might be able to tell the loved ones at home of his daring. But the Indians discovered the sightseer and with yells and his collection of arrows whistling about his ears, chased him back to the stockade. Terror lent wings to his feet and he managed to reach safety, but departed the next day for the East, having lost all taste for the dangers of the west. January 9, 1875, found me caught in a blizzard and I narrowly escaped freezing to death at the time. Indians around Fort Sill demanding buckskin, as their supply had run low, I was sent by the firm on horseback to the Shawnee Tribe to buy a supply. This was my second trip. After my departure the blizzard set in and I was warned by the mailman, the only man I met on the trip, to turn back, or I would be frozen. But, the thoughts of the buckskin at $4.00 per pound caused me to press on. I managed to reach Conover Ranch badly frozen. I was taken from my horse and given first-aid treatment. I was so cold that ice had frozen in my mouth. The mail carrier, who had advised me to turn back, never reached the fort, and his frozen body was found some days after the storm. For two weeks I remained in this home before I found the strength to continue the journey. I was held up another week by the cold near Paul's Valley, but I got the buckskin, sending it back by express-mail carrier and returned on horseback. Indians during this time were held in concentration camps near the fort, both Comanches and Kiowas, and beeves were issued twice a week. A man by the name of Conover and myself did the killing and about seventy-five or eighty head were killed at one time. The hides were bought from the Indians and shipped to St. Louis. After the bi-weekly killings, the Indians would feast and sing all night and eat up their rations and nearly starve until the next issue day came. Met Quanah Parker It was at this time that I met Quanah, chief of the Comanches who was not head chief at that time, and Santanta, chief of the Kiowas. I was warned during that time by Santanta that the Indians liked me and they wanted me to leave the country because they intended to kill every white man in the Nation. I rather think that the friendly warning was given me because I often gave crackers and candy to the hungry squaws and papooses and of course Santanta's family received their share. Santanta escaped soon after that and near where El Reno now stands, at the head of his warriors, captured a wagon train and burned men to their wagon wheels. He was captured again and taken to the penitentiary where he committed suicide by opening a vein in his arm. After moving to Doan's of course I saw a great deal of Quanah who at that time had become chief. He told me that he had often been invited to return to his white relations near Weatherford but he had refused. "Corwin ," he said, "as far as you see here I am chief and the people look up to me, down at Weatherford I would be a poor half breed Indian." Perhaps he was right. Big Bow Took Goods Big Bow, another Kiowa Chief, often followed by his warriors, rode up to the little store on Cache Creek one day and arrogantly asked, would we hand over the goods or should they take them? We told them we would hand over the goods as he designated them. Later when Big Bow and I became friends he said, "Us Indians are big fools, not smart like white, cause you handed over (paper torn) but Washington (Uncle Sam) took it out of our pay." It was quite true for as soon as the wards of the government had departed, the bill had been turned in to the guardian, Uncle Sam. We had one big scare at Doan's and that date, April, 1879, is indelibly fixed on my memory. The Indians came close enough to the house to be recognized by the women and they ran our horses off. I was up in the woods hunting at the time and reached home at dusk to find three terror stricken women, a baby and a dog for me to defend. All the other men had gone to Denison for supplies and our nearest neighbor was fifty miles away; so, thinking discretion the better part of valor, we retreated to a little grove about a half mile from our picket house and spent the night, expecting every moment a "hair- raising" experience. The Indians proved to be a band of Kiowas returning from where Quanah now stands where they killed and scalped a man by the name of Earle. Three days later the soldiers came through on the trail of the Indians expecting to find our homes in ashes and the family exterminated. The Kiowa Indians told me afterward quite coolly, that they would have attacked us that night but believed us to be heavily garrisoned with buffalo hunters --- a lucky thing for us. This was the last raid through the country. The Indians after that became very friendly with us and told me to go ahead and build a big store, that we would not be molested. They had decided this in council. Saw Herds In 1879 The Spring and Summer of 1879 I saw the first herds up the trail, though the movement had started two years before. My uncle, J. Doan, who had been with me two years in Fort Sill, had established the post at Doan's April 1879, and we had arrived, that is myself, wife and baby, and the Judge's daughters, that fall. So we had come too late to see the herds of 1878. One hundred thousand cattle passed over the trail by the little store in 1879. In 1881, the trial reached the peak of production and three hundred and one thousand were driven by to the Kansas shipping point. In 1882, on account of the drought, the cattle found slim picking on their northern trek and if it had not been for the "butter weed" many would have starved to death as grass was all dead that year. Names of John Lyttle, Noah Ellis, Ab and John Blocker, Harrold and Ikard, Worsham, the Belchars Ligon and Clark, Wiley Blair, the Eddlemans, and others come into my memory as I write this, owners and bosses of the mighty herds of decades ago. One man, Dubose, complained that he never in all those summers had a mess of roasting ears, of which he was very fond, as the corn would be about knee high when he left Corpus Christie and as he came up the trail he would watch the fields in their various stages but by the time he left Doan's and civilization it was still to early for even a cob. Captain John Lytle spent as high as a month at times in preparing for his onward march. Accompanied by his secretary, he would outfit his men and have everything shipshape when he crossed the Red River. He was a great man and his visits were enjoyed. Built Branding Pens Wichita Falls failed to provide suitable branding pens for the accommodation of the trail drivers - pens were provided at Doan's. Furnaces and corrals were built and here Charley Word and others fitted with cartridges, Winchesters by the case, sow bosom and flour, and even to Stetson hats, etc .. This store did a thriving business and thought nothing of selling bacon and flour in carload lots, though getting supplies from Denison, Sherman, Gainesville and later, Wichita Falls.... The rest of this article is missing, except for a few words which appear to be about the post office and the Doan's Crossing picnic which was a big event in Southwest Oklahoma, even when there was no Doan's Crossing or Doan's Store. We also know that for several years mail was picked up at the post office at Doan's Crossing and distributed to the ranches in Old Greer county. Even though the trail drives stopped after the railroads came to Texas, pioneers from Texas crossed the river at Doan's crossing for many years before a bridge was built across the Red River. [] http://www.rootsweb.com/~okjackso/wtgsweb/grcowboys.html GREER COUNTY COWBOYS Feb 2, 1905, New York World, page 1 KING OF THE COWBOYS ELLSION CARROL of Oklahoma, is the champion steer roper of the United States. Mr. Carrol wrested the "belt" from his good friend, but bitter rival, Clay McConagill, of Texas. No prize was fought more fiercely. Thousands of spectators cheered themselves into a frenzy and declared the battle to be the greatest ever waged. Wherever cattle and Cowboys congregate, the title of champion steer roper is looked on as the highest honor a man can wear. The cowboy who can claim it and hold it is a king. And Mr. Carrol, of Oklahoma, has the title and a purse of $6,000 with side bets of nearly as much again. Both Ellison and Clay are the modern type of cowboys, hale, hearty fellows, good natured and happy. McConagill is over six feet high, proportionately strong and weighs about 180 pounds, while his rival is three inches taller and tips the scales at 210 pounds. They are both well off and own their own cattle ranges. An incident occurred during the contest here which shows the true spirit of good fellowship that exists between cowboys, even when big money and a championship of the world are at stake. After McConagill broke two lariats on one steer and started back to his corner for another, his opponent, Carrol, came riding out with his own rope for his unfortunate competitor. Both men smiled as the lariat was handed over and Clay said, "Much obliged old man." Mr. Carrol made the marvelous record of roping and tieing twenty eight steers in 18 minutes and 58 1/5 seconds. Mr. Carrol rode three different horses during the tournament-- Jack Hill, Red Buck and Necktie. Jack Hill threw one steer after Mr. Carroll left his back. Sun Monitor JAN 7, 1904 A TEXAS GREEN HORN The prophet hath prophesied: yea he hath held his breath, pulled his hair and spoken again and again! But all his prophesies have come to naught. Looking back three, four, five years ago we see white covered "schooners" coming over the prairie from Texas and the south, or from Kansas and the north. Now and then one from Arkansas or the Indian Territory, and in fact from everywhere. But see them as they came across the border. See the poor horses, the little ragged children, the careworn father and mother, even the dog looks melancholy and sad. But, they are led on and on by the hope of a home, a free gift from Uncle Sam. Now, we see the prophet (the big ranchers who were here before the homesteaders) as he spied the "newcomers" and hastens to fill his mission here below. He looks sad, wearing his long face, just filled up for the occasion, with his sombrero and big boots and spurs--an ideal prophet. After asking the head of the family "where ye from?" "where ye goin?, and with a knowing look,-- for the prophet must look wise,-- he proceeds to deal out his knowledge of "old Greer" in magnificent style to his attentive listeners. With great earnestness he tells of the hardships, the suffering of the innumerable home seekers, then stretches himself and tells of the "gip water" which is a slow but sure death: and then "the great drouth" when every one moved off and left their machinery setting idle in the field, and how the cattle all nearly died and the prairie dogs did die by the thousands, and then finished by telling the poor people that "they never have any schools and taxes are high, winds his bridle reins around the saddle horn and calmly rolls a "sig." After he has secured a light, he puffs a moment, then as he is about to go, gives a piece of advice of great value. "You'd better look after your hosses, stranger, fer some fellers hosses ramble off mighty sudden sometimes in this ere noo country." Then the prophet is gone in a cloud of dust down the road, having done his duty well. In a few days we see the father building a dugout, his "hosses" are staked out nearby and he is using every member of his family, from little "Jimmie" to "Pollyann" to erect that dugout. When some how or other, the grass gets afire on the north of him, and by a scratch, he gets his outfit to a neighboring prairie dog town and don't loose anything only grass. Let us leave him here, facing every obstacle with a grim determination to stay or starve, 'tis useless to try to tell how he got through that first year for he or no other man can tell how it was done. Let us draw aside the curtain after five years have passed, years of toil 'tis true, but what different picture. A good house, a wind mill, a good barn, a fine farm, good wagons, buggies and farm implements, good horses, fat cows, hogs. And just look at those boys and girls, well fed and clothed, stepping out into young manhood and womanhood with health, happiness and an independent air which says of itself that they are indeed an independent people, subject to no land lord. Then we see the father after he has returned from Mangum, he is reading his patent from Uncle Sam, to Polly and the children, after which he turns and we hear him say, "Polly get the book," after a chapter is read, we see them bow around that family alter.. Let us leave them there and turn again and look for our prophets. Where, Oh! where are they? The answer is that Greer with her 50,000 bales of cotton, her miles and miles of railroad, her splendid towns and hundreds of school houses and churches with all of her happy prosperous homes is no good for the prophet and he has vamoosed or lost his job. Corn in the crib Money in the pocket Gravy in the dish And yaller bread to sop it. With Teddie in the chair And McQuire on the fence The Monitor up in Mangum We get our recompense Hurrah for "old Greer" and her sturdy sons of toil as well as amen to Uncle Sam. TEXAS GREEN HORN, ESP Russell, Ok. A TEXAS GREEN HORN Forty or fifty years ago, when I was a boy, I remember seeing great wagon loads of buffalo hides pass along the road in front of our house in Texas, and how well I remember, too, hearing the hunters tell about killing them, all the different methods used, etc. How many air castles I built about hunting buffalo when I "growed up," but alas, when I got to be a man, the buffalo were all gone---where? Only a horn here and there tell us of the great herds which once lived on the "great plains". Then the deer and antelope followed and now, it is a rare thing to hear of one where only a few years ago thousands roamed the country. Next on the hunters' program of destruction was the wild turkey until now, you can't find one. How many times have we seen them killed just for "sport ". Then, prairie chicken was the game and the sport soon made them so scarce that, now, we never hear them call to their mate in the spring. We have now with us, but one species of game destroyer and he will be the last of his kind, for there will be no game to slaughter when he quits. The quail hunter is the party I have in mind. When he passes off the stage of action no more "thoroughbred sports" will come to the surface and the rest of humanity will get a rest. The gentlemen in question in his yellow leggings, rides out from town in a buggy with a dog, a smart dog too, that knows his business better than his master. He has a fine gun and like to prate about his shooting and the records he has made. He gets out of his buggy, ties his "hoss" to a fence post and gets over in a field and soon you see birds fly. Pop, pop, pop goes the gun, down comes the poor little birds and the fellow tells the nester that he is out for a little sport and there is no "harm in killing the birds." The farmer, (nester) tells him to move on, he don't want his birds killed and the sport, goes but he is huffy and swears about the law, the "nester", the everything and in fact thinks he is the only chap in the country. We see these fellows all over the country, they are clerks, hobos, barbers, bartenders, bankers and toughs. They would get insulted if you ask them if they were hungry and wanted the birds to eat. You ask them why they kill? "Oh, just for sport, for pastime and for practice," they tell you. Of all the pests that ever came into the country, these fellows are the worst. Why don't they kill prairie dogs, or black birds, field larks, or something of that kind? Because they would be doing a kindness. But, when you get them cornered and find them in your field, they will tell you they are hunting rabbits, here they tell a lie. I long to see the time when it will be a penitentiary offense to kill one little quail, for the time is not long when they will go like many other branches of game that are now extinct. We have only a few birds left and they will soon be gone. The coming generation will not know what a quail looks like if these "smart alecks" ain't shut off some way TEXAS GREEN HORN, ESQ. RUSSELL, OKLA. [] ALTUS WATER WELL The following essay won third place in the Oklahoma Heritage Week Essay Contest. Ben Rhett Copeland is the son of Dr. & Mrs. Mike Copeland and a student of Mrs. Joyce Wikoff's Ninth Grade History Class at Altus Junior High School. Essay is reprinted minus bibliography. This essay also appeared in the Altus Times Newspaper column courtesy of the Museum of the Western Prairie CITY OF ALTUS WATER WELL In such a dry and arid climate, it was essential to the early pioneers of the Altus community that a source of water be available for personal and drinking use. A historical site presently marks the spot on the north side of the Downtown Altus Square where one of the first wells was dug and used by citizens of the Altus community. One of two hand dug wells in 1889-90 by Mr. Sam Neal, provided the lone soft water supply in the area for several years. It was 35 feet deep and was protected by a cement curb. Early-day citizens would carry water from this well to their homes and it was also from this hole that water was secured to fill the horse troughs which once centered the streets around the Square. Before it provided water for the town that is today Altus, Oklahoma, the well was the only water supply for the Neal family, and surrounding homesteaders. Another water well, which was dug on the southwest corner of the Neal homestead was actually built first but it's water was very hard. As it was not adequate for consumption, the second well was dug. This soft-water well was dug on the southeast corner of the homestead. It was used for making food and drinking, while the hard-water well was used for watering the animals. According to Lloyd Neal, Samuel's 89 year-old son, the soft-water well was the only source of water for the whole county, until the town was established. It was without a doubt the gathering place " to wet your whistle and get the news." During the later 1880's, the first non-Indian settlers trickled into the remote areas of Southwest Oklahoma. As a result of a crippling drought they had encountered in Texas, many of the disheartened individuals ventured north. An acceptable source of water was a supreme challenge to the settlers who came to settle in this area. They found the shallow streams often too salty to drink and well they dug were often contaminated with large amounts of gypsum. Therefore, the water dilemma burdened these new inhabitants to a much greater degree than it had the Indians. First, these homesteaders were farmers, not buffalo hunters. Second, they were restricted to little more than a quarter section of land, or at most, 320 acres. Only a fortunate few would locate enough water on their new lands to even supply their household and animals. The water well came into prominence when it became necessary to move the town of Frazer from its original site on Bitter Creek, three miles west to the present city of Altus because of a devastating flood in 1891. According to local politician and historian, Mr. Howard Cotner, "Altus is a Latin term which means "high" for high ground. Altus was first known as Buttermilk Station, then Frazer, then Leger, and finally back to Altus." The Southeast corner of the Public Square in the town of Altus was established by planting two cast iron wagon spindles and ten pounds of coal at a dept of two feet, from which point a cross (X) on the curbing of the public well bears "N. 50 degrees W 26 feet 9 inches, and the Bogard corner to Sections 17-18-19& 20 bears S. 7 degrees W 81 feet 10 inches. W.C. Jarboe, after being first duly sworn, says that he is of lawful age, and a resident of the town of Altus, in Jackson County, Oklahoma, and has been a resident thereof for 25 years, that said town was originally platted and dedicated and named as "Altus" in 18989, and continued to carry that name until about 1901, when it was changed by the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company to "Leger", and the name of the post office also changed to conform to that name, and the town was known by said name of "Leger" until 1905, when the post office and railway station was changed back to the original name of "Altus" and the town has been known and designated generally as "Altus" continuously since said change. Rediscovered in 1989, restoration of the well became a major community project as part of the "89er" Centennial Celebration for the State of Oklahoma. After the well was rediscovered in near perfect condition in the early months of 1989, several interested citizens decided to restore the landmark as a local historic marker. A cement slab over the abandoned well had the inscription "WPA 1937" printed on it. It is believed that was the year the wells were originally sealed. The well was shaped in a star design from top to bottom. It even had 15 feet of water still in it! Altus Mayor Boozie McMahan appointed a committee to oversee the restoration project. Mr. William Appleby, Altus architect, was asked to draw a sketch of the proposed restoration design. Heavy June rains soon hit the area causing the brick wall lining to crumble-making a restoration of the original well impossible. The plan was then changed to create an exact replica of the well directly over its original site. With the assistance of city employees and other dedicated individuals, the project was completed in early spring of 1990. On March 9, 1990, the unveiling of the monument took place. Many of the descendants of Altus" pioneer families attended, including Lloyd Neal. During the memorial dedication ceremony of the historic water well site, the members of the Altus-Jackson County Well Preservation Committee recorded the following remarks: "Dug deep in the rich fertile soil of Jackson County long before Oklahoma became a state, this well is a symbol of all the hopes and dreams that our pioneer forefathers brought with them, when they entered old Greer County to find new worlds to conquer, new lives to live and new towns and communities to build. May each person who follows find the courage of a Sam Neal, who by his own hands dug deep into the soil until he found the life-giving stream of pure fresh water, that not only supplied the immediate needs of his family, but those of many others, as our fledgling town and county took shape and spread its wings to finally emerge as a progressive All-American community that continues to lead Southwest Oklahoma to new discoveries, progressive enterprises and depths of human compassion. It is all together fitting that the marker that caps the well is made of granite from the mountains that grace our northern horizon, which have always stood as a beacon, pointing the way to our homes, our families and our hearts. The brief history and the historic picture that is engraved upon this marker will outlast the centuries, bearing testimony that the people of Altus and Jackson County cared enough to save a portion of their God-given herita [] The brief history and the historic picture that is engraved upon this marker will outlast the centuries, bearing testimony that the people of Altus and Jackson County cared enough to save a portion of their God-given heritage, and to pass it on to those who are to follow in the years to come. " The City of Altus water well represents a significant contribution to the development of the Altus community. In such a dry and arid climate, it was essential to the early pioneers of the Altus community that a source of water be available for personal and drinking use. Without such a water source available, the town which became the Altus community as we know it today quite possibly might never have been developed. Even today, an adequate source of water is a must for the agricultural economy of the area. Now, we rely upon a much larger source of water - Lake Altus located approximately 17 miles to the north. [] SPRUCE GOOSE Hughes HK-1 Hercules The World's Largest Airplane Minicraft Models Torrance, California Nicknamed the 'Spruce Goose' by the media for its all plywood construction, the HK-1 Hercules is the largest airplane ever to fly.Designed to carry 700 troops across the Atlantic, the project started as a joint venture between Henry Kaiser and Howard Hughes but Henry Kaiser pulled out and Howard Hughes continued on throughout the war.Criticized by Washington and scorned by the press, he made believers out of everyone when on November 2nd, 1949, with Howard Hughes at the controls for a taxi test, head vanced the eight throttles and took off for a one mile flight across Long Beach harbor, its only flight.For the next thirty five years, the Spruce Goose was hidden from the public in a locked hanger at the Hughes Aircraft factory in Culver City, California. When its imminent destruction w as rumored, a group of aviation enthusiasts rescued the plane and made arrangements for it to be displayed in Long Beach.Now in McMinnville, Oregon, the Spruce Goose awaits completion of a new aviation museum which will house the plane. When Howard Hughes took the controls of the HK-1 on November 2nd, 1947, legions of non-believers had to change their opinions regarding the flying ability of the Spruce Goose.While performing taxiing tests, Howard Hughes applied full power to the eight 3200 horsepower engines, lifted the gigantic plane off the surface of the water and flew it for about one mile across Long Beach Harbor.For once and for all, it was proven that this giant plane could indeed fly! Unfortunately, it never flew again.After long battles with Congress over its cost and alleged over-runs, Howard Hughes took responsibility for the plane, locked it in a special air-conditioned hangar where it remained until its unveiling to the public as part of the Queen Mary exhibit.Millions of visitors have looked in awe at the enormous plane in its special domed exhibit hall. Dismantled in 1992 and barged to Oregon, the Spruce Goose will soon become the primary and certainly largest feature of the Captain Michael King Smith Memorial Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.It is scheduled to go on full display in 1997;meanwhile, visitors to McMinnville can see portions of the aircraft undergoing restoration and assembly. To fully appreciate just how big the Spruce Goose really is, consider that the Boeing 747-400 has a wingspan of 212 feet.The Spruce Goose boasts a wingspan of 320 feet, about half again as large as the 747! [] TRIP TO CALIFORNIA In the fall of 1940, after the funeral of their nephew, Morgan Wise, Roscoe and Irene Myers made an automobile trip to California.Morgan, an accomplished high school athlete, had been electrocuted on school property after a pre-season football practice session.Some of his relatives from California had attended the funeral.After spending time in Oklahoma, the Myerses drove them home and visited with their family who lived in southern California.Two of Roscoe's brothers and other relatives had gone to California during the 'Dust Bowl' days of the 1930s in search of better paying jobs.The trip out to California was along historic Route 66 and they returned from Long Beach, CA, along the 'southern route.'The visit to southern California and also seeing the pine forests of New Mexico's Rocky Mountains made a strong impression on 13 year old Carroll Rufus Myers, whose entire life had been witnessing the dust filled skies enveloping the plains of southwestern Oklahoma of the 1930s. ----Carroll Rufus Myers as told to RCM [] |
| More About ROSCOE CLINTON MYERS: Burial: Oct 1983, Restlawn Memorial Park, Altus, OK Cause of Death: a cerebrovascular accident and arteriosclerotic vascular disease Census: 1900, Greer County, OK TR, Altus189 Grave Marker: yes Historical: 02 Nov 1947, Witnessed the flight of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" in Long Beach, CA Legal: 27 May 1924, Jackson County Court Case #206 resolves estate of S P Myers190 Migration: 1900, Ellis County, TX, to Greer County, Oklahoma Territory Military: 1918, US Army191,192 Occupation: Bet. 1911 - 1969, farmer-rancher, custom wheat harvesting Property: Bet. 1914 - 1969, one mile north of Friendship, Jackson County, OK Religion: Methodist Residence: Bet. 1907 - 1981, Friendship, OK Social Security Number: 24 Nov 1942, 441-22-7824193,194 Will: 23 Dec 1970, Jackson County, OK195 |
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| More About MATTIE IRENE JONES: Burial: Apr 1977, Restlawn Memorial Park, Altus, OK Cause of Death: injuries from a fall including myocardial infarction and rib fractures Census: 1910, Childress County, TX Grave Marker: yes Migration: Bef. 1914, Hill County, TX, to /Jackson County, OK Occupation: Bet. 1921 - 1977, housewife, farming Religion: 1902, born a daughter of a Baptist preacher |
| v. | MACKIE CLEMMA MYERS196, b. 03 Feb 1902, Humphreys, Jackson County, OK TR; d. 12 Jul 2004, Duncan, OK; m. CLEVE TERRY, 24 May 1952, Chickasha, OK; d. 1969, Marlow, OK. |
| Notes for MACKIE CLEMMA MYERS: [myersfamily3.GEDjuly05.GED] MACKIE TERRY TO OBSERVE 100TH newspaper article, 'The Marlow Review', Marlow, OK, 31 Jan 2002, p 3-B by Kaye Arthur 'Marlow Review' Staff Writer [photo of Mackie Terry] Longtime Marlow citizen Mackie Terry will reach a significant milesto ne in her life on Sunday, when she celebrates her 100th birthday with a pa rty at Gregston's Nursing Home, where she has been a resident for almo st 13 years. Born February 3, 1902, in Hess, Oklahoma, Mackie was the fifth of eight ch ildren born to farmer Samuel Myers and his wife Jessie.All of Mackie's f our brothers and three sisters are now deceased. Life was sometimes hard for the Myers family in those early days of the 20 th century. In an interview this week, Mackie recalled that on a January night in or a round 1910, the family's home burned to the ground.Her oldest brother pe rished in the fire, and her father, who was already sick, contracted pneum onia while seeking help in the middle of the cold winter night.As a resu lt, it was nine days before he was made aware of the loss of his home a nd son, she recalled. Furthermore, if the tragedy of her brother's death and the loss of their h ome weren't tragic enough in themselves, both came fast on the heels of st ill another cause for grief--Mackie's baby sister had died of membranous c roup only two weeks prior to the fire, she said. On Monday, Mackie's memory spanned nine decades into the past as she recal led these early events in her life and the loss of her parents.Samuel My ers died when she was around eight years old, and Jessie passed away fo ur years later.[Note:this is in error.Jessie predeceased Samuel.] Afterwards, the Myers children managed to keep the family together.Mack ie grew up in the Altus area, where she completed eighth grade, then divid ed her time between various jobs and helping out at home. She eventually went to work at a hotel/coffee shop in Walters.The own er of the hotel was an acquaintance of the owner of what was then the All en Hotel in Marlow, located at First and Main.In 1942, the Allen's own er took a trip to California and asked Mackie to manage the Marlow establi shment in her absence. Mackie stayed;and in 1945, she signed a contract to purchase the hote l, making monthly payments, she remembered, "like I was paying out rent ."She re-named the business the Myers Hotel and operated the establishme nt until her retirement almost 30 years later, in 1974. One morning in the early 1950's, after attending a family funeral, she wal ked into the coffee shop at the Walters hotel and captured the attenti on of a gentleman, a traveling sales promoter who was having breakfast.M ackie reported that the man inquired "Where did that pretty little thing c ome from?I've never seen her around here before." In 1952, "that pretty little thing" and the gentleman, Cleve Terry, were m arried in the home of a minister in Chickasha. Cleve, who owned the New Dixie Dry Goods Store on Marlow's Main Street, di ed in 1969. As a businesswoman and later, even after her reitement, Mackie was an acti ve, involved member of her community. She was a charter member of the Marlow chapter of Business & Profession al Women, which was organized in 1954 and has since disbanded.She serv ed as local B&PW president in 1958-'59. Mackie was named Marlow's Outstanding Woman in 1961 in recognition of h er accomplishments as chairman of the Marlow Community Chest Drive.Th en in 1965, she became the first woman to serve on the board of directo rs for the Marlow Chamber of Commerce. After her retirement in 1974, the spunky 72-year-old ran for the Ward 4 se at on the city council, was elected, and served one term.Three years lat er, in 1977, she was named Woman of the Year by Marlow's BPW chapter. Even after moving into Gregston's Nursing Home in March 1989, Mackie didn 't curtail her lifestyle to any degree, nor did she stop receiving honors. She has served as president of the Resident Council and was a candidate f or the home's Valentine Queen title in 1990.Then in October 1991, she ga rnered the first-place award in a statewide "Who's Who in Oklahoma Nursi ng Homes" competition sponsored by the Oklahoma Nursing Home Association. Mackie attends the many varied activities at the home ("I go to all of the m," she advised) and still enjoys reading and playing dominoes. She is a longtime member of the First Baptist Church, where she once serv ed as president of the Woman's Missionary Union and as assistant superinte ndent of one of the adult Sunday School departments.She still attends Su nday School classes offered each week at the home. The First Baptist Church will be hosting a celebration in honor of Mackie 's centennial birthday this Sunday, February 3, from two to four o'clo ck in the afternoon at the home.Everyone is welcome to drop by and add t heir congratulations to others Mackie will be receiving on this, her speci al day. "The Marlow Review" would like to extend best wishes to Mackie on the eve nt of her 100th birthday. || |
| More About MACKIE CLEMMA MYERS: Burial: Unknown, Marlow, OK, Cemetery |
| vi. | HOMER LEE MYERS197, b. 08 Sep 1904, Friendship, Jackson County, OK TR; d. 21 May 1993, Long Beach, CA; m. ARTIE MAE HUMPHREY, 03 Jan 1923, Friendship, OK; b. 1906, Friendship, Jackson County, OK TR; d. 2002, Long Beach, CA. |
| Notes for HOMER LEE MYERS: [myersfamily3.GEDjuly05.GED] GUARDIAN On 8 July 1924 the Jackson County, OK, Court appointed R. E. Jones to be t he guardian of Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Gladys Finney and Matton D. Finn ey.--see Myers family property abstract |
| More About HOMER LEE MYERS: Burial: Unknown, Santa Clarita, CA Migration: Bet. 1932 - 1933, Oklahoma to California, part of the Dust Bowl migration198 |
| More About ARTIE MAE HUMPHREY: Burial: Unknown, Santa Clarita, CA |
| Marriage Notes for HOMER MYERS and ARTIE HUMPHREY: [myersfamily3.GEDjuly05.GED] Doc Jones' brother, Rev. John Jones officiated Double ring ceremony with Doc Jones & Bess Wilhite |
| vii. | BABY DOLL MYERS, b. 25 Oct 1906, Jackson County, OK TR; d. 13 Jan 1907, Jackson County, OK TR. |
| More About BABY DOLL MYERS: Grave Marker: yes |
| viii. | TRUMAN CARROLL MYERS, b. 30 Jun 1908, Altus, Jackson County, OK199; d. 12 Dec 1980, Altus, Jackson County, OK200; m. EVELYN, Private; b. Private. |
| Notes for TRUMAN CARROLL MYERS: [myersfamily3.GEDjuly05.GED] GUARDIAN On 8 July 1924 the Jackson County, OK, Court appointed R. E. Jones to be t he guardian of Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Gladys Finney and Matton D. Finn ey.--see Myers family property abstract ||| CALIFORNIA During the depression era of the 1930s, Nature's 'Dust Bowl' ravaged south western Oklahoma into a grim economic situation.Truman and Homer Myer s, both eager to find jobs, left Oklahoma, where there were none, and head ed west in Homer's new Plymouth down historic Route 66 to the promise of C alifornia.While not in the same dire straits as those portrayed in Stein beck's 'Grapes of Wrath', their situation in Oklahoma was indeed unpromisi ng at the time. They either followed or went with their cousin, Herman Beaty [who also w as their step brother when Herman's mother married Truman and Homer's fath er] to Long Beach, CA, where they found good paying jobs.Truman work ed at a US Rubber tire plant in Long Beach and Homer eventually had a succ essful trucking business.Truman stayed a few years and then return ed to Oklahoma.Homer lived out his days in Southern California with h is family.----Carroll Rufus Myers as told to RCM |
| More About TRUMAN CARROLL MYERS: Burial: Unknown, Francis Cemetery, Jackson County, OK Grave Marker: yes Migration: Oklahoma to California (later returning to Oklahoma), part of the Dust Bowl migration Occupation: farming |